Chapter 32
Chapter Thirty Two Superorganism
This unique thing was half the size of the mothership, appearing like a hemispherical rock and had a regular circle of openings on the surface .
Lin had never seen this before on the beach near the base . Lin remembered each kind of organism near the base . This thing was so special Lin could not have seen it before . It was sure that this appeared after this island rose out of the water .
Strange, but Lin ignored it . The warheads quickly climbed back to the rock where the base was . Lin had to modify them .
Lin had used a completely enclosed shell to stop water from coming out of the warhead . However, this also produced some problems . They could not obtain oxygen which caused them to move slowly .
Lin found that the cells of many organisms would die without oxygen but Lin’s wouldn’t . It would only become slower .
But this didn’t mean Lin didn’t need oxygen . Lin first made openings on the warheads’ shell but taking in oxygen would cause some water to be lost . So it had to make a new type–a water supplier warhead . It would be responsible for going to the edge of the island to absorbing water and then delivering it to other warheads .
Lin planned on building all kinds of structures on the island following this but building in this place would not be easy . In the water, regardless of position, Lin could combine cells as it wished . But on the land, Lin had to provide water for cells to move and combine, and also shells to block ultraviolet light … …
Lin would use the warheads to build .
Lin had several warheads eat large amounts of chitin substance inside the base and then climb out . They brushed the chitin substance on the sand in a circle and then built in layers to form a cylindrical shape .
This kind of chitin substance hardened slowly and was extremely sticky . Lin could mix in sand to reduce the use of the chitin substance . But it had to ensure the density to avoid losing water .
Then Lin had the water warhead go to the edge of the island to absorb water, and transport it back to put into this “barrel . ” Following this, Lin was able to have the basic cells start dividing in the “barrel . ” Then it could create something that could open and close at the top of the “barrel . ”
Not a bad idea . Primarily because the giant shield tentacle around the base could not be opened, Lin had to build reproduction chambers outside to create bigger things and type . In the end, Lin planned to build around the entire island to create an enormous land base .
While Lin didn’t feel there was any meaning to constructing such a large base on land, it meant that at least, Lin was adjusting to this place .
Lin had the warheads start to work . Some of them were responsible for putting down chitin substance and mixing in sand, some were responsible for getting water and creating an enormous “reproduction barrel . ” Lin planned to make the structure as big as the mothership . However, Lin had to complete this before day time . If the ultraviolet light came, it would kill everything and Lin’s work would all be for nothing .
The warheads quickly worked under the light of the night time stars . They had already built about 10% of the height beside the base’s enormous stone . At this time, a warhead that was responsible for laying down chitin substance suddenly passed over a thought . Something seemed to be gripping it . The force caused its shell to crack and it immediately leaked out water and cells .
The warheads were empty structures filled with water . When it cracked, all the cells, including the organisms, could leak out . But Lin was more concerned with what attacked the warhead .
The other warheads immediately gathered towards the point of attack . Lin found the culprit–that hemispherical stone it had seen before .
No, this wasn’t a stone … … it was an organism . It had eight thick limbs supporting its hemispherical body . It also had two enormous forelimbs with pincers . Its pincer had gripped onto the warhead and now the warhead was almost snapped in half .
It had put its limbs inside its body so Lin hadn’t recognized it as an organism . But this thing didn’t have a mouth .
Its hemispherical body only had a row of holes . Due to this, Lin had thought it was something like the corals that could not move . Lin hadn’t expected this organism to contain such power .
The warhead shells were not especially resilient . They were made to block the ultraviolet light . Lin hadn’t thought there would be any hunters on land so it hadn’t reinforced the warhead shells .
The trapped warhead was snapped into two by the enormous pincer . Lin immediately had the surrounding warheads retreat back towards the base . They could not deal with a fully-armed organism like this .
The other didn’t give chase but stayed where it was . It threw the broken warhead onto the ground .
It would not eat the warhead?
Lin was puzzled and then suddenly saw large numbers of small organisms charge out of the holes in the hemisphere . These organisms appeared the same as the larger one, a hemispherical body, eight limbs and forelimbs with pincers . However, they all had small mouths filled with hooked teeth . Some of them went to eat the warhead others chased after Lin’s fleeing warheads .
The organisms … …
Lin saw this phenomenon and was surprised . This organism was extremely similar to how Lin acted . A large main body, and then releasing small units to consume or attack?
Maybe the term “corps ball” was suited to them . But they were still different from Lin . The “corps ball” released subordinate units that were the exact same as the larger one, and they did not seem to have specialized .
The small corpse balls were about the same size as the warheads . This meant the warheads didn’t have to retreat . They could fight back!
The warheads turned collectively and charged towards the corps ball . There were around thirty corps balls but Lin had similar numbers of warheads . This was an evenly matched battle .
The warheads’ shaper heads were conducive to collisions . Lin had them charge towards corps balls and target the bottom part of the small corps balls to flip them over . Once the corps ball’s hemispherical bodies were turned over, they had a difficult time righting themselves . At this time, the warheads would thrust their sharp segmented limbs into the mouths of the corps balls .
The pincers of the small corps balls were too small to damage the warheads; shells . The moment the warheads fought back, they collapsed .
The corps balls discovered this was an unfavorable situation . The remainder fled back into the body of the large corps ball . Then the large corps ball charged towards the warheads .
It understood when to retreat … …
Lin had the warheads climb back onto the rock and return into the base . The large corps ball chased after the warheads, shoving its segmented limbs into the rock’s cracks and climbing up!
Seeing this, Lin was slightly surprised . The corps balls must be used to climbing up on the land . Otherwise, if it climbed up, its legs would snap due to being unaccustomed to the weight of its body .
This organism was so strange . Why hadn’t Lin seen it before? Lin wanted to capture and study it .
Lin’s warheads quickly climbed into the base through the small opening . The large corps ball also climbed up . It didn’t have any eyes and most likely tracked by other means . It used its pincers to tap on the other shell of the base . When it felt that its attacks couldn’t damage the shell, it stayed motionless .
What was it doing? Waiting for the warheads to come out? Lin peeked out a small eyeball to observe this corps ball . It was in a position where the pincers were near the opening the warheads had went through . It seemed to be waiting for the warheads to come out from here .
Extremely smart . But it would soon be daylight . How would it deal with ultraviolet light?
Maybe it had a way to avoid the ultraviolet light, or be killed by the ultraviolet light . But none of these choices were ones Lin wanted .
Lin wanted to study a living corps ball so … …
Lin suddenly opened the giant shield tentacles . Before the corps ball could react, it fell into the base . Lin then closed all the giant shield tentacles and trapped the corps ball inside the base .
The moment it had opened the base, Lin had lost a great amount of water . But it had captured the corps ball . Immediately, countless tentacles inside the base wrapped around the corps ball . Lin had reinforced these tentacles with muscle so they could move even when there was no water .
In the darkness, the corps ball furiously struggled . Even though it was able to pinch off one or two tentacles, Lin had dozens wrapped around it . The stinger cells pierced into the segmented limb joints of the corps ball, making it weak . At the same time, Lin blocked the holes so the small corps balls could not come out .
Right now, the corps ball could not move at all . Next would be deconstructing it .
But Lin most likely had to wait a while .
The primary organisms of the base were inside the rock, and the water inside had not spilled . But the water in the upper part of the base was almost completely gone . Lin had to fill this place with water and then use cells to deconstruct the corps ball . That way, it would be able to observe the structures in detail .
However, daytime was near . Lin could not go out to get water when ultraviolet light was present .
Then it would wait for night time, a long time off .
In this waiting period, Lin turned its attention back to the Leviathan .
Translator Ramblings: Once again, these chapters were prompted by a reader asking for updates . Guilt trips appear to work really well on me .
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